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Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 27, 2013
In a time in which the Islamist parties and the Muslim Brotherhood are flourishing, President Mursī has called for a national dialogue. The Coptic Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical churches have apologized for not participating in the dialogue (Māhir ‘Abd al-Wāhid, Rihāb ‘Abdullah, Hānī ‘Uthmān...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2013
On Saturday February 23, President Morsi (Mursī) decided to change the dates for all four phases of the upcoming parliamentary elections. This is in response to a request made in the Shurá Council by the three Churches of Egypt to avoid overlap with the Christian Easter holiday. In accordance with...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2013
Fahmī also referred the sukuk (Islamic bonds) draft law to the joint committee to prepare the report. Fahmī said he is sending the government the sukuk draft law next Wednesday, February 27. He explained that the revised draft law is the basis for further discussion in the Shurá Council. Finally,...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 22, 2013
In the sermon, Pope Tawadros warned of the dangers of extremism. He said that people who tend to exaggeration in their speech or religious practices such as fasting are being cruel to themselves and others, and that they often use the subject of religious justice to judge others. He also warned...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 23, 2013
After the churches’ discontent with the parliament election date that coincides with Coptic Easter, Akhbār al-Yawm published that the president is reviewing the possibility of changing the first phase of the People's Assembly (House of Representatives) elections on April 27 and 28. April 27 and 28...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 19, 2013
State Security Prosecution summoned Yūsuf Zaydān, Egyptian scholar who specializes in Arabic and Islamic studies and author of Al-Lahut al-'Arabi [The Roots of Religious Violence].
A number of Coptic organizations had filed lawsuits against Zaydān accusing him of disdaining Christianity (Ahmad...
36. Witnesses: No attack on the Church of al-Faiyum .. and a Coptic journalist was making false news
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2013
In an unexpected surprise, it was revealed that the extreme Coptic websites were making false allegations that an attack occurred on Saint George Church in the village of Sirisnā of al-Faiyum, while eyewitnesses assured that no attack took place (John ‘Abd al-Malāk, al-Misrīyūn, Feb.17, p. 3). Read...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2013
Archpriest Mīkhā’īl Astrās of al-Faiyum confirmed clashes between Muslims and Copts the village of Sirisnā. During the clashes, Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Saint George Church setting the curtains aflame (Rihāb ‘Abdullah and Rabāb al-Jālī, al-Yawm al-Sābi', Feb. 17, p. 4). Read original...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2013
Archpriest Angelous Ishāq, secretary for Pope Tawadros II, has denied rumors that the Pope, in an interview with a journalist from Washington Post, said that the Constitution is racist and discriminates between people. Archpriest Ishāq added that the Pope stressed that the Constitution should be...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 14, 2013
The Egyptian Foreign Minister received Vatican approval on the nomination of the former vice president Mahmūd Mikī as Egypt's ambassador to the Vatican.
The last Egyptian ambassador to the Vatican was Lamīyā' Mikhaymar. Since her term ended in September 2012 there has been no Egyptian Ambassador to...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.